Teams tumbling through the trapdoor always cry the same tales of woe on the way down. It’s much easier to wag an angry finger at the Big Man in the sky than just admit: “We were honking”.

But when you’re in the soup it often feels like there’s some twisted higher force at work.
Ross County playmaker Melvin de Leeuw summed it up perfectly: “Sometimes when you’re at the bottom you think the whole world is against you.”

Looking at Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Aberdeen you’d think the Dutchman might have a point. The Staggies had a goal ruled out for heehaw, a couple of dodgy offsides went against them and even the Dons equaliser came about after a bizarre decision from the officials.

Filip Kiss thought he was set to double the Dingwall lead but his low drive was brilliantly saved by keeper Jamie Langfield.

The only folk in the ground who missed the fact it should have been a corner were the officials.

Goal kick. A hoof up the park, a corner at the other end, an equaliser. A boot in the baby makers.

Mind
you a point was not a bad return against the Dons but no wonder de Leeuw looked like a man who’d lost a tenner and found a fiver.

He said: “We need the points so badly and we fought for them so it’s hard to accept some of the decisions against us.

“I think the linesman thought it was offside. We were unlucky on the night.

“It would have been nice to take three points to give us a little more space at the bottom. But that is what happens when you are in this situation.

“We
deserved the three points. Aberdeen had good chances but we had better ones and more of them. We played well and fought for every ball.

“It was another point and we can go forwards knowing what we did well against Aberdeen and that’s an important thing.”

The
midfielder is bang in form again after shaking off the injuries that plagued his first half of the campaign. He got his head on the opener but was frustrated he didn’t add to his tally.

He said: “I should have had two goals and maybe an assist. If that had been the case then the game was finished.

“But Aberdeen are a very good side and scoring only one in the first half meant they came at us.”

County are scratching for points and as bad luck would have it they head into the Celtic title parade at Parkhead on Saturday.

De Leeuw said: “If we can spoil Celtic’s party then I’ll sign up for that. We’ll enjoy a packed stadium and do our best.”

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